Director forgot to say ‘cut’ for Kalki’s kissing scene

There is an aggressive kissing scene between Kalki Koechlin and Prosenjit Chatterjee in the film Shanghai and when the actual lip-lock scene is being filmed, director Dibakar Banerjee was so engrossed behind the camera that he forgot to say ‘cut’. The shot was wrapped up after Kalki realised that no one called for ‘cut’ and untangled herself from the lip-lock. Kalki Koechlin also had kissing scenes in the films Shaitan and Dev D.
Shanghai, which is due for release on June 8, is a political thriller which stars Abhay Deol and emraan hashmi in the lead roles. Kalki plays a journalist while Prosenjit does the role of a social activist.

The film deals with rapid industrialization through SEZs, acquisition of lands from farmers and the resultant consequences.